Schenley High School - Schenley Journal Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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NOTES ON CAST This Iournal is arranged according to the homeroom rolls urnifzr the horizontal plan. Here, the seniors who reported together for three v 'Q appear grouped together with their homeroom teachers. To each group, we have assigned an opera, which we believe represents the spirit of that group. When Schenley High School opened its doors in l9l6, Dr. lames N. Rule, its first principal, inaugurated a plan for homeroom organization which had never been tried in Pittsburgh. This was the so-called vertical plan. The idea was to have every child under the direction of the same homeroom teacher fp: his entire high school course, a situation which would give that teacher ample opportunity to know the child, to follow his development, and hence to di ect him intelligently. To carry out the idea of home-in-school situation, every homeroom numbered among these enrolled representatives of every grade- just as a family has children of all ages. ln this set-up, the elders were in a position to help the younger, and the teacher able to help students to grow into responsibilities as they grew in age. The result was a happy one. Life- long friendships were forged between students and teachers, as well as be- tween students themselves. Certain homerooms vied with one another in accepting school responsibilities in support of many projects. ln l94l, when Mr. Edward Sauvain retired, Mr. Harvey Roberts became principal. lt was he who reorganized the homerooms on the horizontal plan. ln this plan, homerooms were made up according to the standing of the students-that is all members belonged to the same school grade, for example, l2A homerooms, and lOB homerooms. This plan also had advantages. Stu- dents went through the last three years with those who would graduate with them. The bond among seniors was very close. All kinds of class activities were handled more easily. The auditorium programs could be chosen for value to either upper or lower grade pupils. The clerical work of the teachers and the office was greatly simplified. However, when Mr. Bernard l. McCormick returned to Schenley, he went back to the vertical plan. Having taught under both plans, he had decided that while the vertical plan complicated administrative problems, it is better for the individual child. At midyear, this change over was completed.

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A Q THE STARS FEBRUARY CLASS OFFICERS THE STARS-William Green, Presidenlg William Lflmilwry Vllfl-lUlfQSlllf'UlQ Rlllll laffolurfr, Scwrelaryp 1Xv,,'ws Pmlif-lc, TIUFISIIIFFY, IUNE CLASS OFFICERS Harry Maslroqeorqe, President Derrick Bell, Vice-President Hazel Moore, Secreiaryy Iewel Hairston. Treasurer. THE PRESS IOURNAL STAFF THE PRESS-Babelte Lenzmer, Rhoda 'Wilder loan Fisher, Bill Shaffer, loseph Blahut, Ruth Phelps, Charles Lockerby, Dorothy Bay, Grace Yesche, Amaela Disioio, Derrick Bell, Gertrude Kamin.

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